Posted on 11/16/2011 4:33:56 AM PST by Recovering_Democrat
Q: On another domestic matter, does the president have any reaction to the way the Occupy Wall Street protesters were removed, how that was handled?
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney: Hes aware of it, obviously, from the reports. And our position and the presidents position is that obviously every municipality has to make its own decisions about how to handle these issues, and we would hope and want, as these decisions are made, that it balances between a long tradition of freedom of assembly and freedom of speech in this country and obviously of demonstrating and protesting, and also the very important need to maintain law and order and health and safety standards, which was obviously a concern in this case.
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Well said, all ............................. FRegards
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